The Education Department’s new transparency measures will tell prospective students if a graduate program will leave them with debt they can’t afford to pay back. But the agency nixed its original plan to include nonprofit undergraduate programs. Read more

Beginning in July 2024, the Department of Education will hold colleges and universities on a tighter leash regarding their graduates’ employment outcomes. For-profit colleges, along with all institutions that offer non-degree certificate programs, will need to demonstrate that their graduates can afford their debt payments and earn more than adults who did not receive a postsecondary education. Read more

The historical disconnect between teaching and research makes it easy to restrict expression without provoking much outrage Read more

The consequences of the Coalition’s job ready graduate scheme mean the costs of some courses have ballooned up to 140% over the last five years Read more

Some media outlets were quick to trumpet a Kent State University study which suggested a possibility that primitive female hunters may have been able to kill as well as males if they used a specific weapon. Read more

Many astronomers are no longer asking whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe. Read more

A committee of 14 people representing student loan borrowers, higher education institutions and other stakeholder groups will kick off discussions about student loan forgiveness Oct. 10. Read more

In reviving controversial gainful employment rule, administration also worries traditional institutions by requiring they publicly report their own graduate salary data Read more

What began as a data breach among a few private universities at the turn of summer has now expanded into an interconnected web of compromised Social Security numbers, birthdates and school records that has claimed students and retired faculty alike. Read more

University students are more at risk of depression and anxiety than their peers who go straight into work, according to a study, suggesting mental health may deteriorate due to the financial strain of higher education. Read more